Texan Nationalist Party

The Texan Nationalist Party was a political faction of the Republic of Texas that lasted from 1836 to 1845.

History
The Nationalist Party was a reactionary political party, led by Mirabeau B. Lamar during its existence from 1836 to 1845. In 1836, they had 8% of the seats in the upper house of the Republic of Texas. The Nationalist Party was opposed to annexation by the United States, hence its name. In 1845, it was ultimately defeated when the US made Texas its 28th state.

The Nationalist Party had a trade policy of protectionism, believing that the government should control trade, and they believed in state capitalism, with the state managing the capitalist affairs of Texas. Their religious policy was moralism, which meant hating on the minority groups that were not the accepted religion, Protestantism. Like the other parties (the Texan Democratic Party and Texan Whig Party), the nationalists gave residency to immigrants, and like the Democrats, they supported jingoism, as they were at war with Mexico for much of their existance.